..JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ovember 27,2012
The Honorable Kent Conrad
United States Senate
530 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Conrad:
Thank you for your letter regarding the LightSquared proceeding. I appreciate your
interest in this matter and am pleased to provide the enclosed letter on this issue from the Chief
of the FCC's International Bureau.
If you have any additional questions or need any further assistance, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Srrely,
/
, ./l/ Julius Genachowski
Enclosure
445 12TH STREET S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 • 202-418-1000
International Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC 20554
November 27,2012
The Honorable Kent Conrad
United States Senate
530 Hmi Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Conrad:
Thank you for your letter urging the Commission to consider options that will allow
LightSquared to offer its planned wireless broadband service, including authorizing use of
altemative spectrum for this service. Your letter will be included in the record of the related
proceedings and considered as pali of the Commission's review.
Commission staff has continued to meet with representatives of LightSquared and is
working through the complex issues of this proceeding. LightSquared recently filed a series of
license modification requests and a related petition for rulemaking that seeks access to spectrum
that is currently shared with the Federal Government. The Commission is in the process of
coordinating this request with our counterparts at NTIA as necessary. Please be assured that the
Commission will consider this matter carefully.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
Mindel De La Torre
Chief, International Bureau